STILL MISSING: One year later, the search continues for Kayla Chadwick

City of Fort Morgan

Posted:
03/26/2013 04:01:59 PM MDT

Updated:
03/26/2013 04:05:22 PM MDT

It has been nearly a year since Fort Morgan teenager Kayla Chadwick disappeared, andFort Morgan Police are still investigating the case.

Chadwick vanished from the area of the Country Steak-Out, in the 20000 block of EastEighth Avenue in Fort Morgan. Police learned of Chadwick’s disappearance aboutnine hours after she was last seen on March 27, 2012, at approximately 11 p.m. Shehad been at her boyfriend’s, where some type of argument took place and a gun wasallegedly brandished. She reportedly left the house in an unknown direction.

Fort Morgan Police and Morgan County sheriff’s deputies began canvassing the areawhere she was last spotted and her home at 1201 E. 8th Ave. In the days and weeksthat followed, police, family and hundreds of community volunteers have searched anexpanded area around Fort Morgan and Morgan County.

Officers talked to witnesses, checked area hospitals, and viewed surveillance photosand video. Many tips have been received and followed up over the past year, bothlocally and in other counties and states, but police still don’t seem to be any closer tofinding Kayla than they were a year ago.

What police do know is that since the time Kayla was last seen by her boyfriend, shehas not used her cell phone or social media, or made contact with any family membersor known friends of hers.

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“Some place significance on the date marking one year since Kayla disappeared,”Fort Morgan Police Chief Keith Kuretich said. “But the passing of time has not deterredthe effort or commitment on the part of the Fort Morgan Police Department to provideanswers to Kayla’s family and the Fort Morgan community.”

Fort Morgan Police have received help from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, FBI,Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Wyoming State Crime Lab and the National Centerfor Missing and Exploited Children.

Police are still looking for any information on the whereabouts of Kayla Chadwick or anyinformation regarding the gun that has still not been recovered.

Kayla is described as being 5’ 5” tall, 150 pounds with red hair and brown eyes. Atthe time of her disappearance, Kayla had dyed her hair tips black. The missing gun isdescribed as a stainless steel or chrome .357 Magnum, with a 4- to 6-inch barrel.

A reward of up to $7,500 is offered for any person who is able to provide informationthat leads to the recovery of Kayla Chadwick. Anyone with information is asked to callthe Fort Morgan Police Department at 867-5678 or Morgan County Crime Stoppers at542-3411, where tipsters will remain anonymous.

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